Ironing-board



' A. MINTZ.-

IRONING BOARD.

APPLlClTION HLED IUNEZS. 1920. I

Patented May 31, 1921.

.3111? v mi N15 W/TNESSES ABRAHAM MINTZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IRONING-BOARD.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 23, 1920. Serial No. 391,090.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ABRAHAM MINTZ, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new andImproved roningoard, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in ironingboards, and it pertains more particularly to devices of this characterespecially adapted for ironing clothes.

It is one of the primary objects of the present invention to provide anironing board support so constructed as to permit use of the ironingboard with garments of all types, at the same time providing ample roombeneath the board for receiving that portion of the garment not operatedupon.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an ironing board andsupport therefor which is capable of end for end reversal.

It is a further object of the invention to so construct the ironingboard that regardless of the position of the board with respect to itssupport, it will be locked against movement so long as the board isparallel with the support.

A further object of the invention is to cover the board `-with sheetmetal in order that the same may be rendered fireproof.

1t is a still further object of the invention to form a base or supportfor ironing boards cast from a single piece of metal.

With the above and other objects in View, reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of anironing board constructed and arranged in accordance with the presentinvention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing theboard in dotted lines, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference character 5designates the base, and said base is constructed of a casting, themarginal edge of which is provided with flanges 6. The upper edge 7 orboardreceiving edge of the base is longer than the lower edge 8 thereofinorder that sufficient support for the board may be provided.

Progecting oppositely from each end of the lower edge 8 of the base areears 9, provided with slots or cut-out portions 10 for the reception ofbolts 11, by means of which the base is secured to the table or benchnot shown in the present invention.

Thebase 5 is undercut as indicated by` the reference character 5. Bythis construction lit will be seen that ample room is provided to permitof a skirt or similar article being passed over the board to a positionwhere it may be used without bunching or wrinkling that portion of theskirt beneath the board.

The upper edge 7 of the base is out out as indicated at 12, to provide arecess, and extending downwardly through the base at a point beneath therecess 12 is a passageway 13. At one end of the upper edge 7 of the baseis an integral lug 14, which extends transversely of the end of the baseas shown, while at the other end there is a similar transverselyextending integral lug 15. Branching off from the lug 15, preferablycentrally of its ends` is a lug 16, and said lug 16 extends parallelwith the longitudinal axis of the base as shown.

The board 17 has secured on its under face substantially centrally ofits ends, a transversely-extending bar 18. The bar 18 is secured to theironing board in any desired manner, such as by means of bolts or thelike 19. As clearly shown in Fig. 3, the board 17 is covered with asheathing of sheet metal or the like 30, to protect the same againstheat, thus rendering it ireproof.

Secured to the board and projecting downwardly into the recess 13, iszpscrewfhreaded bolt 20, and said screw-threaded bolt 2() is adapted toreceive a wing nut 21. To accommodate the wing nut 21, the base 5 isprovided with a cut-out portion 22 in which the wing nut travels, and atthe base of the cut-out portion 22, the passage 13 is enlarged Vasindicated at 23. Interposed between the lower face of the wing nut 21and the bottom of the enlarged portion 23 of the passage 13, is a coilspring 24, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

The yironing board is cut out at one of its ends as indicated at 26, andat its other end as indicated at 27, and these cut-out portions PatentedMay 31, y1921.'

are adapted to receive the integral lugs 14 and 15 heretofore mentionedon the upper edge of the base 5.

The device operates in the following manner: Y

With the parts in the position shown in F ig. 1, when it is desired toreverse the Vboard, the Wing nut 21 is loosened or screwed downwardly ofthe threaded member 20. This action permits of a vertical movement ofthe ironing board 17 until the lugs 14, 15, and 16 pass out of theirrespective cut-out portions 26 and 27, and the member 18 clears the wallof the recess 12.

With the parts in this position, it will be Vseen that the ironing board17 will be free to move about the central portion until its ends may bereversed, in which position the cut-out portion 26 orn the board willreceive the transverse lug 15, and the cut-out portion 27 thereof willreceive the transverse lug 14, the transverse brace 18 being turned endfor end within the recess 12. If, now, the nut 21 be tightened, it willbe seen that the board will be prevented'from lifting relatively to thebase 5, and will therefore be incapable of reversal until the nut 21 isagain loosened.

By this construction it will be apparent that the present inventionprovides means whereby an ironing board may be supported rigidly withrespect to a table or other suitable support and that means is providedwhereby the ironing board may be reversed when desired.

Furthermore, it will be seen that by undercutting the board as at 5',the use of a special board 1Cor the purpose of pressing garments of thetype of skirts, is dispensed with, thereby making the board disclosed inthe present invention of universal use.

By providing the spring 24, it will be seen that the nut `21 isprevented from working downwardly of the screw-threaded member 2O to apoint where proper setting of the board 17 on the base 5 would beprevented.

l claim:

In a device of the' character described, a base provided with avertically-extending passage having a cut-out portion intermediate ofits ends, an ironing board pivotally mounted on the base, ascrew-threaded member carried by the ironing` board and projectingthrough said vertical passage, a nut carried by the screw-threadedmember and adapted to engage the base to secure the board againstmovement krelative to the base, and a coil spring surrounding saidscrew-threaded member and interposed between the nut and a ortion of thebase.

A RAI-IAM MINTZ.

